{"product_id":"you-will-be-my-witnesses-theology-for-gods-church-serving-in-gods-mission-by-brian-a-devries","title":"You Will Be My Witnesses: Theology for God's Church Serving in God's Mission by Brian A. Devries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Theological Introduction to the Witness of the Church within the Mission of God\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eMission is God's work. God spoke the first promise of gospel hope, sent his Son into this fallen world, and commissioned his Spirit to empower his church for witness. Until the day Christ returns, God has called his people to participate in his mission through evangelism, apologetics, church planting, cultural engagement, gospel suffering, and many other activities that faithfully communicate gospel hope in Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eThis practical introduction provides a biblical framework for understanding the church's role in God's mission. It reviews the biblical story of God's mission, draws insights from the church's witness since Pentecost, and studies aspects of contemporary Christian witness. Each chapter ends with study questions to encourage further reflection and discussion by church members and ministry leaders. Readers will gain refreshing insights into how they can participate in faithfully bearing witness to Christ through the church's work in the world today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eConfessional and Contemporary: Precisely defines the biblical aspects of God's mission and Christian witness, built upon time-tested theology, yet freshly applied for witness in the post-Christendom world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eAccessible: Written for church members, college and seminary students, ministry workers, and church leaders who are committed to creating a community that bears witness to Christ in an unchurched society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003ePractical and Motivational: Clear and crisp writing style, enhanced by many helpful figures and charts, and infused with a gospel passion to declare God's glory among the nations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eSpurs Discussion: Thought-provoking study questions at the end of each chapter to encourage further reflection and faithful action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #800040; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/excerpts\/media\/e8a228e94afcab02a072702d239dd02c790a4c07\/You_WIll_Be_My_Witnesses_Excerpt.pdf\"\u003eRead Sample Pages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/excerpts\/media\/e8a228e94afcab02a072702d239dd02c790a4c07\/You_WIll_Be_My_Witnesses_Excerpt.pdf\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #800040; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Your Church Serving in God's Mission\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Witness within God's Mission\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart One: The Biblical Story of God's Mission\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 1: Mission in the Old Testament\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 2: The Mission of Jesus Christ\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 3: The Mission of the Holy Spirit\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 4: Witness in the New Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart Two: Concise History of Christian Witness\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 5: The Church's Witness after Pentecost\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 6: Historical Themes in Christian Witness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart Three: Our Witness in an Un-Christian World\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 7: Christian Witness as Gospel Presence\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 8: Christian Witness by Gospel Message\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 9: Christian Witness by Gospel Response\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 10: Christian Witness in Gospel Community\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Motivating Our Churches to Witness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003eBrian A. DeVries (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the president of Mukhanyo Theological College in South Africa and adjunct professor of missiology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. DeVries has led three multiethnic church-planting teams in South Africa and currently serves as the pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Pretoria. He and his wife, Lanae, are blessed with five children.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\"By arguing convincingly that 'bearing witness' is both the central aspect of the church's mission and the identity of God's people, DeVries helps correct a number of mistaken notions about mission and opens up new avenues for embracing our own calling as witnesses. This book is a tremendous resource: careful, clear, confessional, biblical, hopeful, inspiring, and practical. This will be one of the first books-if not the first book-on missions that I recommend to pastors, students, and church members.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eKevin DeYoung\u003c\/strong\u003e, Senior Pastor, Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, North Carolina; Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\"In this book, Brian DeVries helps us to see that we as Christians are called to be witnesses of what we have come to know of God's saving purpose in Christ. He shows this across the Bible and across history since the days of the apostles. I love the fact that he wrestles with how we can carry out this task in light of today's challenges. I am grateful for this warm and informative book!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eConrad Mbewe\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pastor, Kabwata Baptist Church, Lusaka, Zambia; Founding Chancellor, African Christian University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eYou Will Be My Witnesses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould be the default introductory textbook for classes in missions, laying the theological groundwork carefully and thoroughly. But it also deserves to be read by a multitude of pastors and ordinary Christians who will be stimulated and encouraged to pray for and to participate in the task of bringing the gospel to all nations.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eIain M. Duguid\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor of Old Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\"At its heart, this fresh reflection on witness and mission in the Scriptures, church history, and the world today is a book about the sort of piety that truly honors God. It shows how love for God and obedience to his command to bear witness to the great acts recorded in his holy word results in what DeVries rightly calls 'missional piety': a spirituality marked by passion and intentionality when it comes to sharing one's faith. All in all, an important reminder!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eMichael A. G. Haykin\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: small;\"\u003e\"We are not 'building' but 'receiving' a kingdom. Brian DeVries shows from Genesis to Revelation that God's mission in Christ is center stage. Instead of bearing this mission on our shoulders, we get to be ambassadors of this good news! This paradigm-shifting message from a veteran in missions should be at the top of any reading list on the subject.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Horton\u003c\/strong\u003e, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAdditional Information:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e292\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrossway\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Brian A. 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